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Re: what problem are we solving? (was Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Tue Jul 1 09:45:53 2008
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:45:39 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: "Jerry B. Altzman" <jbaltz@altzman.com>
In-Reply-To: <4869517D.6040507@altzman.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
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On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 05:34:53PM -0400, Jerry B. Altzman wrote:
> There was a HUGE one about that domain name between Nissan Motors and
> some computer consultant named Nissan (a Hebrew name) in NC.
> vis http://www.nissan.com/Lawsuit/The_Story.php
> I don't know exactly how to quote the ruling and decision. Nissan Motor
> Co. Ltd v. Nissan Computer Corp
Yeah, I vaguely remembered it after you mentioned it.
A quick look at the website would imply that he won, which rather makes
my point, no? :-) The September ruling speaks directly to my
assertion that the mere existence of a mark in a domain name doesn't
constitute infringement.
The methods by which you can infringe a trademark are pretty
bright-line...
Cheers,
-- jra
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